Incumbent Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell's attempt to win reelection fell short after a razor-thin loss to local progressive activist and community organizer Katie Wilson.Harrell conceded Thursday as the vote totals all but guaranteed a win for Wilson, who, like Zohran Mamdani, identifies as a democratic socialist. Wilson has become the latest self-described socialist to win elected office, but unlike many of the other socialist candidates who won their elections last week, but similar to Mamdani, Wilson will end up in a post charged with leading one of the country's largest metropolitan areas...
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